Employee Benefits at Mass. Eye and Ear

Our program allows our employees to choose benefits that are best and most cost effective for them. We also offer employees increased opportunity for tax savings through the Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, pre-tax health and dental insurance premium payments and tax sheltered annuities.

Our benefits package offers you a choice of two health care plans, hospital sponsored life insurance and long term disability coverage. For the long term, we provide a non-contributory pension plan along with a matching tax sheltered annuity program. Rounding out this package is a generous time off program. All benefits described are governed by official benefit plan documents and formal policies that are subject to change. To be eligible for benefits, you must be regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week in a benefits eligible position. Benefits are pro-rated for part-time employees.

Most regular full-time employees accrue a minimum of three weeks of vacation per year. You can accrue up to a maximum of four weeks in your sixth year of employment. Mass. Eye and Ear celebrates nine holidays per year. Employees also earn from one to three personal days based on years of service.

There are a wide variety of resources available to assist employees with maintaining a healthy balance. Our Employee Assistance Program, Harvard Credit Union, child/adult/eldercare programs and College Coach benefit help you meet the challenge of balancing work and family. Mass. Eye and Ear also offers a 25% commuting subsidy for MBTA/Commuter Rail passes.

Our Locations

Mass. Eye and Ear cub reporter Narissa, heads to the Pediatric Floor to meet with nurse Amy in a special piece for our Sense-ation Gala. Amy let's Narissa know about what it is like to work at Mass. Eye and Ear and Dr. Kevin Emerick stops by, as well.

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